Dog farmers argue banning dog meat from menus would devastate livelihoods
  • !deleted120991@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Let them do it and toss them in prison. They want to fuck around? Let them find out.

    Two million dogs is a lot but I’m willing to call their bluff.

      • teft@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Well the dog farmers hang, burn, and beat the shit out of the dogs before they kill them because they believe the fear and adrenaline improves the taste and makes them more tender…so yes I’d say it’s worse.

        • Orvorn@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Pigs, cows, and chickens also experience incredible suffering in factory farms. The whole industry is rotted.

          • chaogomu@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            It is, but most of the actual killing in like 90% of the world is done as fast and cleanly as possible. If only to keep the process as efficient as possible.

            Fun fact, if you want ethically killed meat (if such a thing can exist), the best option is actually Kosher meat. There are religious laws and such, and the easiest way to comply with them is a sort of guillotine. It’s an instant death.

            The animals of also generally better treated than most factory farm setups.

              • chaogomu@kbin.social
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                1 year ago

                Similar, but in practice it’s quite a bit different.

                Halal requires a swift cut with a sharp knife across the throat of the animal. Severing the spine is expressly forbidden.

                The animal then bleeds out, which can still be a quick death, but nowhere near as fast as decapitation, which is most commonly used in kosher butchery.

                The bolt pistol used in modern butchery can also be instant. You place what looks like a pneumatic drill on the cow’s forehead, and then pull the trigger. It fires a stainless steel rod forward into the cow’s skull. The rod is captive at the end of its travel, so you just have to cock the tool, and you can use it again (provided it’s actually pneumatically powered, and not powered by a blank round, or something else, there are a lot of versions, even some that are designed to not penetrate the skull.)